Chris Mullin MP offers prospective junior ministers a survival guide to the ‘foothills’ of government
Election Day plus four. Your party has just won a great victory. Having handed out the big jobs the new Prime Minister is taking a well-deserved weekend off. It is now Monday and you are anxiously awaiting The Call.

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